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Lambeth 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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DISTRICT POPULATION.
The table shows the estimated population in each registration
district, with the number of statute acres, and the
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average number of persons per acre.
Registration Districts.
Estimated
Population.
Area
in Acres.
Population
per Acre.
Waterloo Road, 1st
16606
67
247.8
Waterloo Road, 2nd
18544
100
185.4
Lambeth Church, 1st
21695
162
133.8
Lambeth Church, 2nd
44019
186
241
Kcnnington, 1st
49568
490
101.1
Kennington, 2nd
38199
1 498
767
Brixton
68580
1430
47.9
Norwood
20803
1009
20.6
The Parish of Lambeth comprises 3942 acres, with an
average population of 70.6 per acre.
The registration district Waterloo Road First, is the most
thickly populated, the average being 247 persons to the acre;
Lambeth Church Second has 241 persons to the acre;
Lambeth Church First, on account of the inclusion of the
Palace Grounds and a portion of the Embankment within
its area, numbers only 133 to the acre; whilst an acre in
Brixton and Norwood is respectively inhabited by 48 and 20
persons.